The LEE Initiative is thrilled to announce the Heinz Black Kitchen Initiative.
Donor Name: LEE Initiative
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 09/15/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
LEE Initiative teamed up with Kraft Heinz and Southern Restaurants for Racial Justice to give out grants to food business owners across the country.
In 2020, Southern Restaurants for Racial Justice began as a coalition of bakers, chefs, makers and restaurant owners with a shared goal of raising funds to benefit Black communities in the South – specifically Black-owned restaurants – during the Covid-19 pandemic.
In 2021, the founders began a successful collaboration with The LEE Initiative that would help change the course of their fundraising strategy and goals for the future of the organization. Under the LEE Initiative umbrella, SRRJ has raised over $4 million dollars through corporate funding and created an annual grant for Black-owned restaurants and food businesses that includes start-up costs, improvement and sustainability funding, and grants specifically built to protect legacy restaurants across the United States. SRRJ now also maintains an emergency relief fund in order to quickly support Black-owned restaurants in times of unforeseeable disasters.
Funding Information
This years grants will be awarded in the amount of $20,000.
For more information, visit LEE Initiative.